A MASSIVE POLYCHROME PAINTED STUCCO HEAD OF GUANYIN

Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty
The full face finely modelled with slender bow-shaped eyes and hooded eyelids, all below arched eyebrows extending to a broad straight nose and full red lips, the forehead centred with a circular indentation once holding a jewelled urna, the cheeks flanked by a pair of long pendulous ears, all below the combed hair piled up to form an elaborate chignon embellished with a band of flowerheads, stand. 72cm (28 3/8in) high. (2).

明 彩塑觀音頭像

Provenance: a French private collection, acquired in the 1980s
Christie's Paris, 12 June 2012, lot 297
A British private collection

來源：法國私人收藏，於二十世紀八十年代入藏
巴黎佳士得，2012年6月12日，拍品編號297
英國私人收藏

See a related head of Buddha with regal crown, Ming dynasty, 15th century, in the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum, Hong Kong, (acc.no. 2017.29).

Compare with a related massive painted stucco head of Guanyin, Yuan/early Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 108.